Jane Culbert provides WolfBrown with expertise in comparative research and financial analysis. She earned her business acumen first-hand, managing the fiscal and related office affairs of three of  Boston cultural institution. She served as Business Manager for Revels, Inc., General Manager for the Cambridge Arts Council and Business Manager for the Handel and Haydn Society. From 1985 on, she has served as an integral member of WolfBrown's research, feasibility study, evaluation and community planning teams, providing the financial examinations that are central to their integrity. She evaluates clients’ internal budgeting and accounting systems, devises framework budgets for five-year projection based on past performance, and oversees and analyses community-wide financial and economic activity research. She has developed community cultural budgets for Philadelphia, Charlotte, Silicon Valley, Cleveland, Birmingham, Fort Worth and other cities. Jane has also developed operating cost projections in connection with facility feasibility studies for The Bushnell in Connecticut and Strathmore Hall in Maryland, as well as for organizations in transition, such as Turtle Bay Exploration Park. Jane also has conducted comparative community research for a number of WolfBrown cultural and organizational plans.

Before pursuing a career with nonprofit cultural organizations, Jane handled business matters for the law firm of Foley, Hoag, & Eliot in Boston, including fiscal transactions associated with the firm’s probate work. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree, magna cum laude, from Carleton College. For a number of years, she has served as treasurer of Arlington Schools Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises private funds in support of public schools in Arlington, Massachusetts.